Bills with Racial Equity Impact Notes

Bill Number	Bill Title	Document
HB0012	Juvenile Sex Offender Registry - Qualifying Offenses and Access
HB0081	Motor Vehicles - Police Stops - Secondary Enforcement and Excludable Evidence
HB0084	Criminal Procedure - Sentencing - Domestic Violence as a Mitigating Factor (Providing Alternatives Through Healing for Justice-Involved Individuals (PATH) Act)
HB0104	Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense
HB0113	Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Resisting Arrest and Making a False Statement to a Law Enforcement Officer
HB0123	School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Alterations
HB0131	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Adverse Actions and Removal From Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC) System
HB0169	Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause
HB0187	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding
HB0197	Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
HB0198	School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Notification of Student as Suspect
HB0213	Evidence – Interception of Oral Communications – Fair Housing Testing
HB0303	Handguns - Wear, Carry, and Transport Laws - Handbook Publication
HB0349	Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Use of Body-Worn Cameras
HB0360	Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement (Clean Slate Act of 2026)
HB0362	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Effect
HB0397	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Failure to Obey a Court Order to Report to Confinement
HB0438	Adult Prison School Board Model Development Committee
HB0464	Criminal Procedure - No-Knock Search Warrants - Repeal
HB0513	Hate Crimes and Hate Bias - Definitions of Sexual Orientation and Hate Bias Incident
HB0551	Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia and Controlled Paraphernalia Prohibitions - Repeal
HB0697	Correctional Services - Diminution of a Term of Confinement
HB0819	Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland
HB0835	Criminal Procedure - No-Knock Search Warrants
HB0863	Gun Theft Felony Act of 2026
HB0873	Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Increased Penalties (Jamari's Law)
HB0875	Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition
HB1146	Crime of Violence - Medical Facilities and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act)
HB1347	Task Force to Study Postrelease Services and Requirements (Bri's Law)
HB1363	Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence Offenders - Registration
SB0049	Unhoused Individuals - Rights and Affirmative Defense
SB0055	Motor Vehicles - Police Stops - Secondary Enforcement and Excludable Evidence
SB0066	Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Increased Penalties (Jamari's Law)
SB0105	Real Time for Violent Crime Act (Geri's Law)
SB0118	Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
SB0138	Criminal Procedure - Sentencing - Domestic Violence as a Mitigating Factor (Providing Alternatives Through Healing for Justice-Involved Individuals (PATH) Act)
SB0180	Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing
SB0315	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Adverse Actions and Removal From Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC) System
SB0320	Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding
SB0327	Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia and Controlled Paraphernalia Prohibitions - Repeal
SB0464	Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland
SB0483	Criminal Procedure - Automated Shielding (Clean Slate Act of 2026)
SB0525	Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause
SB0677	Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Firearms Training Course
SB0689	Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Requirement Alterations and Extension of Report Deadline (Bri's Law)
SB0815	Correctional Services – Maryland Correctional Enterprises – Report